O.t. Too Hot!!!

My suggestion would be to start working a graveyard shift. Heck its not even summer where you live and its going to get much worse before it gets better.
 
I have 2 ac's but with no insulation I could only get it to 90's in the summer. Not too bad :rolleyes: :D
 
i'm currently in the side yard with a tarp over a table, and it sucks big time. :mad: We've hit 100 for the last week or so. It's finals so i've been trying to get more sleep for them and once i get out of school i have a job to go to so :rolleyes: what can you do?
 
Shed some clothes. Well, maybe not... especially while welding. :D
The hottest it got in my shop last summer, was around 115, F. So I know what you're talking about.
The coldest it got this winter was about 5, F. With the forge at a welding heat, it got up to about 15. :D
 
My shop has about the same temperature swings, and with no insulation...

remember to keep water around, or sports drinks. Cotton clothes are a must, they breathe much better than polyesters and won't melt to your skin. I have also found that a bandanna soaked in water and tied loosely around my neck helps, as does a wet bandanna tied on my head.
 
My shop is usually 50 degrees F in the winter, and about 60 in the summer. This is without heat or AC. I run heat in the winter to bring it up to about 65, and a dehumidifier and AC in the summer to keep it dry in there for the machinery. :D
 
One thing that helps is putting a big box fan on the workbench behind me while I'm forging.
 
I too was in the same situation. My biggest problem was humidity that was in the shop, and I needed something to remove the moisture from the air and cool the shop down at least 10 - 15 degrees from the heat of the day. Here is what I found to be the best solution:
http://www.brilliantcooler.com/conditioner/portable_conditioner_plm16000e.htm
A little on the pricey side; however, if you do not have any windows in your shop this is the way to go. You will need to vent the unit to the outside somehow. I cut a hole in the wall and attatched the hose to a dryer vent to the outside.
 
If you are in a dry environment you can make a swamp cooler which cools by evaporation. A porous fabric or textile mat is put in one window and on the opposite side of the shop a fan is used to exhaust air. The window with the fabric is sprayed with water from a reservoir with a recirc pump and the air pulled through is noticeably cooler. increases humidity significantly though so might not work for you. When I was a baker with a wood fired hearth years ago we used to tie a big sponge full of cold water to the back of our necks, really kept the core temps down. hope this helps
 
A couple of years ago I was at a rifle shoot in eastern Montana, there was no shade and it was about 90. I was about to go the line to shoot and this wonderful sales lady places a filled bandana tube on my neck, it was like I was in heaven. What they are is a bandana that has been rolled into a tube and silacon beads are placed inside and the edges sewn shut the ends are left loose so you can tie them. Put one of these in cold water and the beads soak up the cold water and swell up. they will keep you cool for a hour or two at which time you simply put them back into the water and they cool off again. Needless to say I bought several from this lady. Steven
 
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drink water, not soda pop.

use those headbands you soak in cold water,
and wear long sleeve shirts and jeans.


Nokidding, I spent to much in a steel shop, it was always cooler inside the denim long sleeve shirts and jeans.
 
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